above all

adverb

: before every other consideration : especially

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To go after unfair labor practices and corporate abuses, and above all to build a city that puts workers and consumers before profit. Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025 And above all, tradition matters. Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025 Enjoy Tad’s diary and good luck with the puzzles and games—and, above all, a wonderful holiday to you and yours. David Remnick, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025 But above all else, her main raison d’être was always her writing; nothing else was truly important. Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for above all

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of above all was in the 14th century

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“Above all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%20all. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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